공통영어1 능률 오선영 4과 변형문제

Lesson 4 The Winds of Change

Pictures Worth a Thousand Words

____ quickly as a camera captures a scene, an image can grab hold of our emotions.

Through speech or written text, ____ can be difficult to convey a complex message quickly.

Yet photographs can change people’s hearts and minds ____ an instant.

And when the magic of photography sparks an emotional reaction in ____ great number of people, it can change history.


The Burning River That Started a Movement

In the 1880s, industry began ____ grow rapidly along the Cuyahoga River in the city of Cleveland.

This industrial growth provided ____ jobs to people in the area.

Meanwhile, ____ mills and factories started dumping large amounts of waste into the river.

Although the ____ became polluted, most people simply regarded this as a sign of the area’s economic success.

In June 1969, ____ polluted river caught fire.

The likely cause was a burning flare falling from a train, which set fire to oil-soaked ____ beneath a bridge.

At that time, few ____ in Cleveland cared.

This was because fires had been recorded on the Cuyahoga more than ten times before, and some of them ____ been much worse.

However, it wasn’t long before the 1969 fire ____ famous.

This was thanks to ____ article published in Time magazine that year.

____ article featured a shocking photograph of flames and smoke rising from the river.

But this was not a photograph of ____ 1969 fire, which was put out so quickly that nobody took a picture of it.

In fact, it was a picture of ____ much worse fire that had occurred on the river several years earlier.

Still, ____ image had a great impact on people.

Around that time, the attitudes of Americans toward environmental problems ____ starting to change.

More and more people were becoming aware of the need to protect the ____ and the shocking image of the burning river sparked public anger about water pollution.

As a result, the Cuyahoga River fire of 1969 ____ a symbol of pollution.

A national environmental awareness event was held on April 22, 1970, which later became ____ as the first Earth Day.

And in 1972, national water quality ____ were established with the passage of the Clean Water Act.


Exposing the Harsh Reality of Child Labor

In the 19th century, the Industrial Revolution led to a dramatic ____ in factory production in the United States.

____ demand for workers increased, and many new positions were filled by children.

By 1900, ____ twenty percent of all children in the United States were employed, and some of those working in factories were only four years old.

The work was ____ and dangerous, leaving many child laborers with health problems.

Factory owners turned to child labor for several ____

For example, children could be ____ less than adult workers.

They were also less likely to ____ on strike.

Lewis Hine, a ____ and photographer, wanted to reveal how cruel this system was.

____ he quit his teaching job and started to work for the National Child Labor Committee as an investigative photographer.

He gained access to factories by pretending to ____ different jobs like insurance agent or fire inspector.

____ inside, he would photograph the children working there.

____ would also ask their names and ages and record information about their living and working conditions.

From 1908 to 1912, he secretly gathered information and took photographs to ____ factory owners who were taking advantage of helpless children.

Hine’s photographs captured ____ children doing all sorts of jobs.

____ included picking vegetables, weaving baskets, and even handling dangerous equipment.

What is more, the children’s faces showed ____ tragic impact of hard labor.

When people saw the children’s ____ expressions, they could not help but feel heartbroken.

The pictures were later shown in exhibitions, lectures, magazine ____ and so on.

As a result, the public realized just how serious the ____ was.

Soon, many states passed stronger laws to ban the employment of ____

In 1938, the United States Congress passed ____ act that made it illegal for children under sixteen to work in factories during school hours.

These examples show that ____ can bring meaningful change to society.

They ____ that, sometimes, a picture truly is worth a thousand words.


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